Portrait Show

Hello again, I finished this painting this weekend for a portrait show at Dan Smith. The show is a employee portrait show at the Daniel Smith store in Bellevue. I was lucky to pick Sara for my portrait, it is watercolor on Bristol paper. The show opens in a week or so. Enjoy

Free Demonstrations at Daniel Smith

I will be doing 2 demos on" How to paint with watercolor on Hot Press paper and clayboard" At Daniel Smith Bellevue Store on Saturday Dec. 15th @ 11:00am and 1.45pm / Sunday Dec. 16th @ Seattle Daniel Smith @ 12pm and 2pm. For directions please visit http://www.danielsmith.com. Hope to see you there!

Cancun Pot Series

These are just a couple of my earlier painting series called "Cancun". I believe I painted these sometime in 2002, I fell in love with the mayan imagery I saw there. These are just a few I finished, I have tons of ideas I hope to put on paper one of these days. My "man bag" is becoming bloated with my sketches. lol All are watercolor on 140 lbs Arches. Till next time.

Happy 30th Solly!

I didn't post last week because the wifey and I were at Cannon Beach in Oregon visiting my brother in-law and his wonderful family. But I was able to finish this painting for my brother's 30th birthday. I love this picture of him, it was supposed to be a card but i felt a larger painting was in order. I was able to paint it in a few hours and loved every minute of it.

Italy Part 2

Hello again, I finished a painting for someone special that I can't post yet until they get it :P Anyway....I was lucky enough to be asked to attend a workshop last Monday, I attended a " How to paint Fall scenes" with Susie Short. I learned allot, it was a blast, I love watercolor! These 3 sketches are from my trip to Italy. I did these in Walnut Ink, David, The Pantheon and The Prisoner. I would like to give a shout out to my Little Dr. Bro... HAPPY 30th Birthday bro, I love you.

Some of my Plein Air work

With the great response I've been getting with the "Salsa Series" I've haven't been working on much else. Once I get 20 done I will post them all, and they are on sale, $60 each unframed and $80 framed. I have at least 5 sold so please don't wait, or I can be commissioned to paint your own "Fresh Salsa Series".
I did these a few months ago, the first one is, one of the trees I have here near my house, I love the white trunk with the contrast of the green leaves. The last two are of Deception Pass, on a nice and sunny day, looking out from the beach.

Daniel Smith Paint outs

Well....what a week, I really didn't have time to paint for myself this week untill lastnight. But I did paint at work. As some of you know I have a part-time job at Daniel Smith in Bellevue. The best part of the job is that they keep me busy painting, like "DS Triads" and different painting surfaces like this one on Ampersand Clayboard. I call this one " oil in watercolor" enjoy!